I joined Think because I'm truly excited about the possibilities for online grassroots activism and journalism. Digital technology has leveled the playing field between big, homogenized corporate-controlled media and engaged, concerned individuals with a point of view. Never has there been a more exciting time for people looking to affect change and become involved in media, activism, or politics.

MTV's citizen journalism initiative is funded with a a $700,000 Knight News Challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Knight News Challenge is spending $5 million a year over five years to fund innovative community news experiments.

I believe we will see the most innovative campaign coverage ever in this presidential cycle. We've already seen video questions from non-journalists in debates in the CNN/YouTube debates and various truth checkers, map mashups, Twittering candidates and other cool election tools. 2008 will definitely be the year of the Internet Election, but it will also herald the arrival of cell phone coverage.

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Image by jdlasica via FlickrPay attention to what Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker says.That was a bit of advice that Bill Tallent, CEO of Mercury Intermedia, told the audience last Friday at "Smart Phones for Smart Journalists" at the John Seigenthaler...